Vote Put Off on FCC Nominee After Democratic Senator Falls Ill
- Committee delays action on Gigi Sohn and Alvaro Bedoya for FTC
- New Mexico’s Lujan, a member of the panel, suffers a stroke
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The Senate Commerce Committee delayed a vote scheduled for Wednesday for Gigi Sohn, a Democratic nominee to the Federal Communications Commission, because of the illness of a senator.
Alvaro Bedoya, nominated to be a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, also won’t get a Wednesday vote, according to a revised agenda released late Tuesday by the panel.